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The parachutes eventually slowed the descent to 15 mph for splashdown.
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Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2024
The team disembarked from the ISS Wednesday afternoon and is heading for a splashdown off the coast of Florida.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
Wrapping up an extended 235-day mission, three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut strapped into their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and undocked from the International Space Station on Wednesday, targeting a pre-dawn Friday splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 23 Oct. 2024
This allowed for precise control over Orion's splashdown location and reduced g-forces on the vehicle.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2024
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Daniel Cote, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2024
The team disembarked from the ISS Wednesday afternoon and is heading for a splashdown off the coast of Florida.
—Jackie Wattles, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
Wrapping up an extended 235-day mission, three NASA astronauts and a Russian cosmonaut strapped into their SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule and undocked from the International Space Station on Wednesday, targeting a pre-dawn Friday splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 23 Oct. 2024
This allowed for precise control over Orion's splashdown location and reduced g-forces on the vehicle.
—Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Splashdown.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/splashdown. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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